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Post by Catilina on Jun 28, 2019 18:29:29 GMT
My two Hawke turned on Justice with different reasons. Both in love with Anders (while the romance didn't start yet, only the flirt). The one is my reaver/berserker warrior: he (almost) let Torpor trick him, he sealed their business, while was horrified, he hurt Anders, but still was under the sloth demon's influence, and just at the end he sobered and killed the sloth demon. He didn't even know, what happened to Anders. He was ashamed and horrified by his own weakness. He hadn't told to Anders the whole truth for a long time. This was his worst experience, but not vain: he thinks, he understands the mages better, and... this is the Harrowing? The other was my lovely maleficar: he wanted to play with the sloth, he knew, he can trick it. His pride didn't let Justice interfere with his business, because he knows what he does, he doesn't need any advice. But didn't count with Justice's reaction. He regretted his stubbornness, and immediately killed Torpor, and promised himself, he will not deal with demons (at least if Anders' there). Fortunately, Anders was both forgiven and willing to continue the flirt. Seemed he wanted to forgive, he was happy, he did it – while he said it will be hard to forget, when Hawke's struck him.) If Hawke let possess Feynriel or let Anders believe, s/he did it, Anders refuses to flirt with Hawke, or if they're already in romance, he breaks up immediately. (This is the only reason he breaks up with Hawke.) It was a good choice in RP view, and Anders' conversation about his and Justice's relationship, how him and Justice feel in their situation was very interesting. The more I'm playing Ailith, the more she's starting to turn into a light version of Anders,
the other day I came across a tumblr post that I found very interesting link , when I read it I was like 'that's how I feel!', so I read the post and blinked, then read it again and the more I think about it, the more it starts making sense
my Hawke Ailith is as I said above, starting to become more pro-mage as I continue playing (which is funny since she romances Fenris (opposites attract and all that ) but yeah, I think she might be the first Hawke I've made who actually agrees with Anders during the Act3 climax, generally my Hawke's spare him but don't agree with his actions...but I think it'll be fun to have a Hawke who actively supports him I found that, play as a rebel mage (or a warrior who wants to free Bethany at all cost), is very satisfying and very different feeling: not that depressive, if the things just happened to Hawke. S/He perhaps sacrifices everything, but willingly, for the freedom. What is heroic, if not that? My main romance is Anders and if DA2 have any "happy end", then this is. And I admit, I fond of happy end. They ride to the sunset through the rainbow, and continues their fight. I'm so romantic... Fenris's romance is different, if Hawke doesn't force to kill him, or doesn't support the slavery, Fenris' romance one of the happiest romances in the whole series. No matter Mages or Templars, he wants to stay on Hawke's side. Fenris's romance about healing and trust. Anders' romance a passionate run: we will be free or dead. Together. And perhaps sometime we will find our peace.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 28, 2019 20:18:07 GMT
I found that, play as a rebel mage (or a warrior who wants to free Bethany at all cost), is very satisfying and very different feeling: not that depressive, if the things just happened to Hawke. S/He perhaps sacrifices everything, but willingly, for the freedom. What is heroic, if not that? My main romance is Anders and if DA2 have any "happy end", then this is. And I admit, I fond of happy end. They ride to the sunset through the rainbow, and continues their fight. I'm so romantic... Fenris's romance is different, if Hawke doesn't force to kill him, or doesn't support the slavery, Fenris' romance one of the happiest romances in the whole series. No matter Mages or Templars, he wants to stay on Hawke's side. Fenris's romance about healing and trust. Anders' romance a passionate run: we will be free or dead. Together. And perhaps sometime we will find our peace. That's why I love Fenris' romance, even if they don't agree about everything, Hawke knows he'll stand by them and protect them at any cost
Ailith is anti-slavery and pro-freedom, in Fenris' Act2 quest, she gave Orana a job because she wanted to help, she also teaches Fenris how to read I love the 'Fenris is a free man' line from that quest as well, because that's how she views him...Fenris is free, and she'll do anything to keep it that way
the more time she spends in and around Kirkwall, and the more she hears about the stories of people who suffer abuse or worse at the hands of Templars or others, the more she'll kick the hornet's nest I think her conversations with Meredith and Elthina will be a lot more heated in the future
and I admit Anders sounds tempting, but I just love Fenris so much...though I might try Anders with a male Hawke at some point, as I said in an earlier post...my male Hawke's tend to be more fluid in who they want to romance my male characters tend to surprise me, example being my male Inquisitor Malak...I fully intended for him to romance Josephine, then he goes 'nope' and becomes lovers with Cassandra
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Post by amalthea on Jun 28, 2019 20:41:18 GMT
Ohh, that pink armor is so pretty!!! Amalthea's attempt at pink armor resulted in this atrocity. Dorian and Vivienne refused to be seen in public with her until she changed. (This outfit also came with exposed feets, like Solas'. I'll spare you the sight. *shudder*) Love the big ears. They are an elf's trademark feature, so they should stand out. Thanks. I love all shapes and sizes of elf ears, but there's just something about the big ones, right?? (Somewhere in the distance, Sera greatly disapproves...)Amalthea is romancing Cullen, and there was this moment recently when he was holding her, and her adorable, soft little ear was pressed against his cheek... My heart could hardly bear it, it was so precious. Elf ears (Cullen romance spoiler)
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Post by Liadan on Jun 29, 2019 20:16:44 GMT
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Did Josie's Of Somewhat Fallen Fortune quest. Something new I've done that I hadn't done in my other games, I chose the Elevate the Du Paraquettes option. I've always gone with the destroy the contract option since it was quicker. So I guess the Josie romance is in. I've tried it two other times but I've never finished those games. They probably occurred at a time when DAI may have been boring me. Hopefully this won't meet the same fate. Spoils The look on Josie's face the moment Mel stands up. Like please don't start anything. Well, shit. The things we do for love. "This party's a bore, care to take off somewhere more private? See if we can work out a deal?" Everything worked out, those farmers are now nobles again. A subtle threat. Its okay, I'll remember this. I thought I was quite forward in how I felt. Do I have to spell it out for you? I also killed some dragons, got drunk with Bull, did some "things" while drunk and then we met a Qunari contact the next day about an alliance. That didn't go well so Bull is now out of the Qun. Bull caught my hints and we played around for a bit. Before I got serious with Josie. Mel gets around. Spoils for that. Wanna do "something" before I get too drunk? Did I ever mention, you look incredibly hot when you're all wet? Take me!
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 30, 2019 10:02:24 GMT
So the other day we went through some more quests, among which Anders' Act 2 quest Dissent I wasn't aware that both Elthina and Cullen have something to say about Ser Alrik's 'tranquil solution' before actually killing Ser Alrik, until I came across a random post on tumblr the other day so I went and did those conversations first, today I'm gonna confront them with the actual papers (if possible) Edit: tsk, turns out you can't confront them again if you already did previously...ah well
I'm also going to try and finish up Act 2 today, and perhaps make a small start to Act 3
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Post by amalthea on Jun 30, 2019 17:00:44 GMT
I never would have believed that armor color combo could work on ANYONE... but somehow, your girl pulls it off like nobody's business. Did Josie's Of Somewhat Fallen Fortune quest. Something new I've done that I hadn't done in my other games, I chose the Elevate the Du Paraquettes option. I've always gone with the destroy the contract option since it was quicker. So I guess the Josie romance is in. I've tried it two other times but I've never finished those games. They probably occurred at a time when DAI may have been boring me. Hopefully this won't meet the same fate. Spoils The look on Josie's face the moment Mel stands up. Like please don't start anything.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 30, 2019 17:07:55 GMT
so..just now I came across a very interesting piece of dialogue from Sebastian
if during Offered and Lost you tell the Arishok of his missing people, the Arishok makes a comment about destroying the city if things aren't resolved quickly ...and if you have Sebastian in your party, he (Sebastian) may say the following; Sebastian: right, so do this, or the city burns
which to me is interesting, because he more or less says the very same thing and even attempts to do the very same thing if you later spare Anders in Act 3
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Post by House Targaryen on Jun 30, 2019 17:57:36 GMT
I never would have believed that armor color combo could work on ANYONE... but somehow, your girl pulls it off like nobody's business. Did Josie's Of Somewhat Fallen Fortune quest. Something new I've done that I hadn't done in my other games, I chose the Elevate the Du Paraquettes option. I've always gone with the destroy the contract option since it was quicker. So I guess the Josie romance is in. I've tried it two other times but I've never finished those games. They probably occurred at a time when DAI may have been boring me. Hopefully this won't meet the same fate. Spoils The look on Josie's face the moment Mel stands up. Like please don't start anything. Maybe because she's a redhead with red eyes and vasillin. In tinting in the past I usually stuck with solid colors not mixed colors like Imperial Vestment Cotton, Plaideweave, etc. And since Melisandre loves fire, her clothing always has reds, oranges or yellows to reflect that. The metal is Drakestone.
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Post by Liadan on Jun 30, 2019 18:33:30 GMT
Today started as a regular day for Hawke. She stopped a crazy elf from spreading a kind of gas that were stoled from the Qunari, that turned other people crazy; next she investigated the whereabouts of a qunari entourage which ended with an encounter with Petrice, Ser Varnell, a mob of fanatics and the dead Qunari entourage (she later told the truth to the Arishok). Later she had some free time and helped her friends. First she visited the Harimann`s mansion with Sebastian and encouraged him to remain a chantry brother; next she went with Varric after Bartrand and discovered he went insane due to the lyrium idol. Anders gave a few moments of sanity to Bartrand and Varric decided to spare his brother. After that she helped Fenris escape some slavers, hired Orana, and alowed Fenris to kill Hadriana; then she went to the Sundermount and helped Merril acquire the Arulin'Holm. Back in Kirkwall she found Ser Alrik and his Tranquil solution papers, stopped Anders from killing a young mage and told him that she has faith that he can control himself. Lastly she helped Aveline courting Donnic (i love this quest ). Finished the day with some romance.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 30, 2019 21:12:48 GMT
I've finished up Act 2 of Ailith's story, and have begun with Act 3 as well tomorrow I think we'll go visit our companions, reconnect with Fenris and maybe do the Mark of the Assassin dlc with a bit of luck I might be able to finish the game tomorrow or at least in the next few days Act 2 ended with a lot of people dying (Hawke's mom, the Viscount's son...Petrice...several dozens of Qunari, guardsmen and citizens of Kirkwall) Ailith also saw her little brother Carver again, and though the exchange was a bit strained he did tell her to stay safe, Maker knows she needs it Isabela had ran off with the tome of Koslun, but her conscience (as well as her friendship with Ailith) got the better of her so she returned to help against the Arishok. Ailith managed to widdle down the Arishok in single combat (though I had to reload because at one point I got to close to his damned blades ) and safe the city in the process
though me thinks that if Meredith had been able to kill Hawke there and then she probably would've...I mean the look on her face when she declares Hawke champion ...oof, if looks could kill...Ailith would've been a smoking crater.
Also, I'm not sure how many people out there actually let Gascard life past All that Remains...because I just love the scene afterwards Ailith: Fenris...what would you do with him? Fenris: *usual interrogation method*
plus the look Hawke gives when they let him go...damn at any rate as I said, tomorrow we'll be heading into the final Act of Ailith's story
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Post by House Targaryen on Jul 1, 2019 4:46:33 GMT
Defeated the Northern Hunter in Crestwood. For some reason it gave me a problem. Any other time its an easy victory. I'm the only one left standing with one healing potion left. The only reason my health bar is high is because I drank the second potion. Opened up a passage in the Exalted Plains to settle a camp and find the hand, just so I could hear Bull make a joke about it. No wonder everyone travels behind her when she wears this elven armor. It makes her little elf ass look big and round. Also got Josie her old family crest that was lost for a time.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jul 2, 2019 20:24:54 GMT
I'm slowly but surely taking care of the final quests in Ailith's story all that's left now is Merrill's personal quest, turning in Best served cold, the Awiergan scrolls quest chain, Mark of the Assassin dlc and the end game with some luck I might be able to finish everything by tomorrow
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Post by House Targaryen on Jul 3, 2019 17:13:53 GMT
Went to the Forbidden Oasis. Need to search the tombs and get some free resistances. I also reinstalled the Dalish Armory mod. Now Melisandre's clan armor looks like a follower of the Lord of Light. But I'll have to uninstall it when the times comes to start Trespasser otherwise it'll crash the game. This game can be so stupid at times, how is a texture/tint changing mod going to crash the game when you go into a DLC? Stupid. They did a good job at the level of detail they put into this mod.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jul 3, 2019 20:13:32 GMT
the story of Ailith Hawke has concluded
lots of people died, among which Meredith and Orsino as well as countless mages, templars and citizens of Kirkwall Carver returned to help his sister in the battle, it was a good battle...'cause Meredith was crazy and someone *glares at Cullen* finally woke up frankly you can't blame the guy...but it took him seven years to wake up, seven! Ailith was worried he'd never wake up
err, as a downside...Sebastian is returning to Starkhaven to bring back an army to burn down Kirkwall 'cause we decided to let Anders life...no biggy I'm sure all Aveline has to do is glare him down and he'll return to Starkhaven with his tail between his legs and have an end game screenshot of Ailith
few things I've noticed during the end game as well as Act 3 in general 1) doesn't matter who you side with during the initial showdown 'cause everyone thinks you're working for the opposite party 2) Sebastian is a prick (for those of you who love him, I apologize) and 3) being a mage often makes no sense whatsoever
so yeah...that story is done... for now I'm pondering (yet again) about my canon world state at first I was going to make my upcoming Inquisitor a warrior, but in the past few days I wonder if I shouldn't switch the class of my Hawke and Inquisitor...thus making Hawke a warrior and my Quizzy a mage I also plan on replaying my Warden to accommodate the new appearance for her that I've been working on
however that leaves me with a few questions as well for those of you who have played DA2 as a warrior...should I play sword+shield or two-handed? And what specialization should I pick? In regards to specializations, despite the fact one can have 2 of them in this game, I tend to stick with just one... for example, Ailith being a Force Mage I also tend to pick based either on their personalities or their 'roles' (example being my Warden Narah, I felt Duelist and Shadow fit her well, the former due to her noble upbringing and the latter due to her Dark Wolf title I made Ailith a Force Mage in that same way because it made her unique in regard to Anders and Merrill, and I head canon Malcolm was one as well due to Bethany having the spec. if she's the surviving sibling)
I've never finished DA2 as a warrior before, my characters generally being rogues and mages
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LadyofNemesis My Reinhardt is a purple/red reaver/berserker, two-handed warrior, and it fits his story (I wrote a ficlet, how he tried to understand and help Anders/Justice based on his experiences. Yes, crazy idea, but I love that crazy "deadly or dead" warrior.) But it depends on what you want: If you want a tank-type, this isn't like that. ___ About that mage Hawke makes sense or not: It just depends on your imagination. I was fine about my mage Hawkes. But my HC, they were mercenary, and like that, they were able to fight without magic. And just think about Gascard DuPuis... Meredith didn't care... (By the way Gascard DuPuis: You asked, who let him alive: Ralph my red blood mage did. Gascard left after the battle, and Ralph never saw him again. He didn't care. His death wouldn't have able to bring back his mother. He never really thought about him until DuPuis sent a letter later, he gave up his magic, and sent an amulet in the letter.)
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jul 4, 2019 13:05:04 GMT
LadyofNemesis My Reinhardt is a purple/red reaver/berserker, two-handed warrior, and it fits his story (I wrote a ficlet, how he tried to understand and help Anders/Justice based on his experiences. Yes, crazy idea, but I love that crazy "deadly or dead" warrior.) But it depends on what you want: If you want a tank-type, this isn't like that. ___ About that mage Hawke makes sense or not: It just depends on your imagination. I was fine about my mage Hawkes. But my HC, they were mercenary, and like that, they were able to fight without magic. And just think about Gascard DuPuis... Meredith didn't care... (By the way Gascard DuPuis: You asked, who let him alive: Ralph my red blood mage did. Gascard left after the battle, and Ralph never saw him again. He didn't care. His death wouldn't have able to bring back his mother. He never really thought about him until DuPuis sent a letter later, he gave up his magic, and sent an amulet in the letter.) Hm, I see... I think I might try to play a Berserker, not so sure about Templar though...I mean, I know Carver is one regardless of whether he's a Warden or actually joined the Order makes me wonder if a fellow Warden taught him the skills the same way Alistair can do for the Warden as for Reaver...yeah, as I said none of my character's are really into that whole 'let's do blood rituals/sacrifices' kind of thing (though I did at one point have a necromancer in Guild Wars 2, and one in Skyrim )
and while I agree that mage Hawke makes sense, often there are so many plot holes I just can't really justify them (even though I love mages to bits ) though as I said I am still dubbing, I might even keep my Mage Hawke, I haven't decided yet
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Post by Catilina on Jul 4, 2019 13:23:36 GMT
LadyofNemesis My Reinhardt is a purple/red reaver/berserker, two-handed warrior, and it fits his story (I wrote a ficlet, how he tried to understand and help Anders/Justice based on his experiences. Yes, crazy idea, but I love that crazy "deadly or dead" warrior.) But it depends on what you want: If you want a tank-type, this isn't like that. ___ About that mage Hawke makes sense or not: It just depends on your imagination. I was fine about my mage Hawkes. But my HC, they were mercenary, and like that, they were able to fight without magic. And just think about Gascard DuPuis... Meredith didn't care... (By the way Gascard DuPuis: You asked, who let him alive: Ralph my red blood mage did. Gascard left after the battle, and Ralph never saw him again. He didn't care. His death wouldn't have able to bring back his mother. He never really thought about him until DuPuis sent a letter later, he gave up his magic, and sent an amulet in the letter.) Hm, I see... I think I might try to play a Berserker, not so sure about Templar though...I mean, I know Carver is one regardless of whether he's a Warden or actually joined the Order makes me wonder if a fellow Warden taught him the skills the same way Alistair can do for the Warden as for Reaver...yeah, as I said none of my character's are really into that whole 'let's do blood rituals/sacrifices' kind of thing (though I did at one point have a necromancer in Guild Wars 2, and one in Skyrim )
and while I agree that mage Hawke makes sense, often there are so many plot holes I just can't really justify them (even though I love mages to bits ) though as I said I am still dubbing, I might even keep my Mage Hawke, I haven't decided yet Yes, the reaver spec based on the blood magic like the Joining. (According the legends –DAO – reaver–, that spec also taught by demons... and the power comes from own/enemy's pain/health. By the way, I mentioned already, that Reinhardt is a sweetheart?) Also: you can explain the Templar spec if your Hawke/Malcolm was a mercenary. I think, among the mercenaries we can find some ex-Templars... and also a good RP-view with lyrium-addiction, etc. The mercenaries not too picky, nor the ex-Templars. Such a warrior is experienced, so: probably valuable as a sellsword (not so valuable than an experienced mage, but still better than an untrained person), and: an ex-Templar needs the lyrium, to become a mercenary probably the best way to maintain replenishment (at least seems a better way than Samson's). I think, the Wardens also have some ex-Templars, like Alistair... or someone who learned the spec from an ex-Templar...
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jul 4, 2019 13:57:51 GMT
Yes, the reaver spec based on the blood magic like the Joining. (According the legends –DAO – reaver–, that spec also taught by demons... and the power comes from own/enemy's pain/health. By the way, I mentioned already, that Reinhardt is a sweetheart?) Also: you can explain the Templar spec if your Hawke/Malcolm was a mercenary. I think, among the mercenaries we can find some ex-Templars... and also a good RP-view with lyrium-addiction, etc. The mercenaries not too picky, nor the ex-Templars. Such a warrior is experienced, so: probably valuable as a sellsword (not so valuable than an experienced mage, but still better than an untrained person), and: an ex-Templar needs the lyrium, to become a mercenary probably the best way to maintain replenishment (at least seems a better way than Samson's). I think, the Wardens also have some ex-Templars, like Alistair... or someone who learned the spec from an ex-Templar... Yeah, sometimes it's ironic to make a sweet or nice character into something evil-ish, once saw a comic of Cassandra talking to an elven Inquisitor who'd taken necromancer as their spec, it was really funny
and that's how I head canon Carver if he joins the Wardens (as he does in my canon), that he met an ex-templar who joined the Wardens who saw Carver's potential and offered to teach him a few tricks here and there
and we do know that templars sometimes join the Wardens voluntarily, there's a few examples in the Last Flight book (granted they did it to avoid having to fight the mages, but imo. it's valid)
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Post by Buckeldemon on Jul 4, 2019 21:12:39 GMT
I suppose that the southern wardens quite commonly try to recruit Templars. At one point the warden's recruitment patterns were described as rather conservative and the Templar order is pretty glorified in the south, overly so, as I would say. They are trained warriors and their abilities are useful if an emissary pops up. I guess the Chantry would actually have to dissuade the wardens from recruiting too many of their Templars. As for Hawke's specs, nearly all of them could be explained by Kirkwall's status as the "Mos Eisley of southern Thedas" with an extensive blackmarket. Rogue specs: all learned from local Thieves' and Assassin's guilds Berserker: Kirkwall has a pretty large dwarven population, and there might be some human mercs who use this style as well. Ash warriors? Templar: I guess Kirkwall has a number of 'Samsons' that were kicked out for minor offenses and sell their knowlegde about lyrium draughts to afford the next 'shot'. Reaver: We see npc reavers in-game and I guess, the particular style isn't that hard to learn. The dragon blood is another matter, but there is still the Bone Pit. Blood Magic... well, according to a certain KnCom, they are around every corner in Kirkwall. Also, there is Merrill Force Mage: Could be learned from an escaped circle mage Spirit Healing: Hmm. I don't know if it can actually be learned, but I guess attracting a spirit in Kirkwall is easy, because thin Veil. Also Anders.
As an aside... actually, I found that playing a non-andrastian (and sometimes non-human) Inqusitor sometimes makes even less sense than a mage Hawke in Kirkwall. Well, I still do it, even if it is just for sniffing out any options in DAI that could help undermining the Chantry.
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Post by melbella on Jul 4, 2019 21:49:44 GMT
They [Templars] are trained warriors and their abilities are useful if an emissary pops up. Are they though? Or would they be as ineffective against Blight magic as they are against blood magic?
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Post by Catilina on Jul 4, 2019 22:47:03 GMT
I suppose that the southern wardens quite commonly try to recruit Templars. At one point the warden's recruitment patterns were described as rather conservative and the Templar order is pretty glorified in the south, overly so, as I would say. They are trained warriors and their abilities are useful if an emissary pops up. I guess the Chantry would actually have to dissuade the wardens from recruiting too many of their Templars. As for Hawke's specs, nearly all of them could be explained by Kirkwall's status as the "Mos Eisley of southern Thedas" with an extensive blackmarket. Rogue specs: all learned from local Thieves' and Assassin's guilds Berserker: Kirkwall has a pretty large dwarven population, and there might be some human mercs who use this style as well. Ash warriors? Templar: I guess Kirkwall has a number of 'Samsons' that were kicked out for minor offenses and sell their knowlegde about lyrium draughts to afford the next 'shot'. Reaver: We see npc reavers in-game and I guess, the particular style isn't that hard to learn. The dragon blood is another matter, but there is still the Bone Pit. Blood Magic... well, according to a certain KnCom, they are around every corner in Kirkwall. Also, there is Merrill Force Mage: Could be learned from an escaped circle mage Spirit Healing: Hmm. I don't know if it can actually be learned, but I guess attracting a spirit in Kirkwall is easy, because thin Veil. Also Anders.
As an aside... actually, I found that playing a non-andrastian (and sometimes non-human) Inqusitor sometimes makes even less sense than a mage Hawke in Kirkwall. Well, I still do it, even if it is just for sniffing out any options in DAI that could help undermining the Chantry. Yes, the Wardens liked to recruit Templars. And yes, Hawke can learn those abilities in Kirkwall (blood magic also: Merrill, spirit healer spec: Anders). But Hawke is ~25 at the beginning, Malcolm himself an escaped Circle Mage, and according to some sources, he also was a mercenary. Hawke can work as Mercenary too. As I said, Hawke can learn those specializations even before s/he arrived in Kirkwall. I don't think, Hawke as a grown mage was able just to throw one-two fireballs when they arrived – mage Hawke was educated, by Malcolm (Force Magic, and Spirit Healer spec too, nothing excludes). Non-mage Hawke also can learn from mercenaries. I always imagined, Hawke knew his spec before he arrived, just improved his abilities, and learned some new tricks. Blood Magic is tricky to learn before Hawke knew Merrill, because of forbidden, and seems Malcolm doesn't really like it, but if someone wants it, perhaps in a hard and expensive way, but I'm sure, can get some tomes – and I didn't even mention the demons... Everything about imagination. Spirit Healer thing again: According some Spirit Healers, this is a "Calling", the spirits chose the healer. And if the healer feels that, can follow that path. (Wynne spoke about benevolent spirits in her childhood, she felt she's safe, if I remember correctly, also Anders spoke about that "the Maker's first children" want help.) What if Malcolm was a Spirit Healer? Why not? We don't know about what kind of mage was he, just that he was a good mage (and he knew the blood magic, and at least once, he used it, but didn't like it.) About the dragon blood: it can be replaced with wywern blood, and we know the wywerns are popular preys, in Orlais... I don't think, that the reaver's skills would be too easy, but again: just as the berserkers, ex-Templars, assassins, archers and apostates, the reavers can appear among the mercenaries. ___ melbella Alistair said that, if I remember correctly. But yes, the Templars can block the Fade magic (strengthen the reality against the Fade-world), not the blood magic. According the wiki, the blight magic similar to the blood magic, so, it's interesting...
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Post by House Targaryen on Jul 5, 2019 1:12:09 GMT
Did Cassandra's personal quest to find the Seekers. Found out the good Lord Seeker was a traitor and made sure he paid the price by being purified in the flames of the Maker. Made a short trip to that Place That Is A Whole Lot of Nowhere. Got bored then we head back to Emprise du Lion and deal with this choice spirit that was there. We took out Imshael after he couldn't failed on his promise to shower Melisandre with virgins. The Lord of Light sends His regards. DO I LOOK AMUSED? I GOT BLOOD ON MY NEW ARMOR!!! No virgins? But I had plans for tonight! You will suffer for your failure, demon! A new fort. I'll station people I don't like here, far too cold for the Chosen of the Light.
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Post by melbella on Jul 5, 2019 2:30:16 GMT
A new fort. I station people I don't like here If only that had been an option.
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